On Aug 15, 2012, at 3:16 PM, John E Drake wrote: >> I take it that John's question is really *why* do these principles need >> to be articulated in public. Perhaps the IAB should answer that, but my >> answer >> is: because there is a real danger of some SDOs, including but not >> limited to the ITU-T, breaking them for a variety of commercial or >> political reasons. > > JD: And how does this document prevent this abuse? Of course a document by itself, even if it contains the nicest principles, cannot prevent abuse. So, see it rather as a writeup that tries to capture the understanding of a number of SDOs.